[PhantomSac]

jjbrr, on Jan 29 2010, 10:27 AM, said:

old people are clumsy and uncoordinated imo

Ban old people and women, it's agreed

[blackshoe]

And young people and men.

Have we left anyone out? Bar them too!

[Benoit35]

Here we put a chair at the South-East corner and one at the NW corner of the table for coffee cups, novel-sized convention cards, etc. to minimize table clutter. It doesn't prevent all accidents - we have our 75-year-old left-handers just like everyone else - but it helps.

[Siegmund]

I don't care for the metal bar solution - if something happens to those boxes they head straight for the floor, while one on the table you have a few inches before it goes over the edge.

Another solution is larger tables. One club I regularly attend plays on tables 4 feet across; our local sectional is at a site that provides round tables nearly 5 feet across (reaching the boards in the center of the table is a stretch sometimes - but there's no shortage of room for bidboxes, convention cards, and drinks!)

More practical at most sites, probably, is benoit's extra-chair (or end-table) solution. Two clubs in my area provide these - one has nice little wooden tables about 16 inches square that one of the members made (see a picture if you are curious); the other bought cheap plastic stacking tables the same size, and puts two of them next to each card table.

[jdonn]

Let's just bid verbally without the bidding boxes. Someone should have thought of that a long time ago!

[Ulrich]

PhantomSac, on Jan 29 2010, 01:41 PM, said:

jjbrr, on Jan 29 2010, 10:27 AM, said:

old people are clumsy and uncoordinated imo

Ban old people and women, it's agreed

And ban ladyboys.

[dicklont]

Siegmund, on Feb 5 2010, 11:50 PM, said:

More practical at most sites, probably, is benoit's extra-chair (or end-table) solution. Two clubs in my area provide these - one has nice little wooden tables about 16 inches square that one of the members made (see a picture if you are curious); the other bought cheap plastic stacking tables the same size, and puts two of them next to each card table.

I like the little tables but who on earth makes you sit on those chairs?!
Is that your way of trying to ban older people?

[JoAnneM]

We have two metal tv trays at each table. It's a pain because we have to set up and put away each game but it is so much more comfortable not to have all that stuff on the table. And most people put the boxes on the trays during after the bidding and it's a nice clean table.

[Benoit35]

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Let's just bid verbally without the bidding boxes. Someone should have thought of that a long time ago!

Let's not - I'm too old for these new-fangled techy methods.

[Rossoneri]

Well, back in Singapore, my local club had tables with drawers on each side, the bidding box stays in the drawer and doesn't get knocked over!

A lot of other weird debris gets into the debris though....besides, the tables look rather expensive!